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Bet on Colts part of Barkley's big weekend

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February 6, 2007
PHOENIX -- Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley said Monday that he won ''about $700,000'' while gambling over the weekend in Las Vegas.

''That was all profit [from] blackjack, and I bet on the Super Bowl,'' Barkley said in an interview with Phoenix TV station KTVK. ''I had the Colts. I played a lot of blackjack.''

Barkley didn't say how much be bet on the Super Bowl, in which the Colts beat the Bears 29-17.

In an ESPN interview in May 2006, Barkley estimated he had lost about $10 million gambling through the years. He said Monday that he lost $2.5 million ''in a six-hour period'' one night last year.

''It's a stupid, bad habit,'' Barkley said. ''I have a problem. But the problem is when you can't afford it. I can afford to gamble. I didn't kill myself when I lost 2½ million dollars. ... I like to gamble, and I'm not going to quit.''

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